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4.00 Credits
Teaches the art and craft of contemporary color photography. Students learn how to use the camera and work with Photoshop to make prints in the digital lab. In addition to learning the basic principles of photography, color theory will be emphasized. Manually adjustable digital or traditional cameras will be used. Bresler.
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Introduces students to the art of various cultures. Explores the idea of art as a visual language, why people make art, what purpose art serves, and how art reflects values and ideas. Discusses painting, sculpture, and architecture ranging from the Egyptian pyramids to Michelangelos Sistine Ceiling. Includes frequent visits to the Museum of Fine Arts and the Gardner Museum. Hanni.
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Introduces paintings, sculpture, and architecture from Europe and the United States made between 1600 and the present. Explores the careers of key artists and interprets objects from this period, considering such issues as obstacles and opportunities for women artists at various periods, changing views on what art should accomplish in society, and the development of unconventional approaches to art during this century. Uses the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts and the Gardner Museum to study the work of such important artists as Rembrandt, Goya, Cassatt, Monet, OKeeffe, Warhol, and others. Hanni.
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Examines art from 1950 to the present with emphasis on the changing nature of the art object, role of the artist, and audience for art in the second half of the 20th century. Emphasizes primarily, but not exclusively, American art with attention to emerging awareness of feminism, multiculturalism, and postmodern critical influences.
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4.00 Credits
Students who want to register for travel courses must first apply through the Colleges of the Fenway GEO Center on www.cof.studioabroad.com. All requirements must be completed as listed on studio abroad before a student is accepted into a course. In addition to Simmons travel courses, other College of the Fenway courses are listed on the site. After registration on studio abroad, the GEO Center will ask for you to deposit for your course. The GEO will send the list of completed and accepted registrations to the Registrar. This is how you will be registered for the travel course. Interested students should create an account on studio abroad as soon as possible. Studies significant collections of art and antiquities in museums, galleries, and country houses in and near London; how they were formed; and their relationship to changing social and political contexts in Britain. Topics include classical and Assyrian art at the British Museum in relationship to empire building in 18th- and 19th-century England, portraiture as a document of changing aristocratic ideals and national identity, and the Victoria and Albert Museum as an example of social reform. Hanni.
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Offers a more animated perspective to a spatial environment than ART 111. Requires no previous studio experience and covers techniques and concepts that may overlap basic drawing. Includes work with a live model in numerous contexts and explores a broad range of media and techniques. Relates the figure to other figures, an environment, or more conceptual interpretations.
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4.00 Credits
Examines the role of student-centered learning, inquiry methods, evaluation of developmentally appropriate images and how learners acquire critical thinking skills. Students will gain experience in facilitating discussion, assessing student learning and connecting VTS approaches to a classroom context. Students will study the theoretical underpinnings to VTS while acquiring practical experience in using it. Group work, classroom observation, guest speakers and visits to the Gardner Museum and Museum of Fine Arts are included in the work for this course. No experience in art or art history is necessary. This course does not count toward fulfillment of the art major.
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4.00 Credits
Uses Boston and Cambridge to explore the history and theory of modern and pre-modern American and European architecture. Considers such landmarks as Richardsons revivalist Trinity Church, Peis international-style Hancock Tower, and Le Corbusiers sculptural Carpenter Center within the wider context of significant development. Lectures and museum and site visits required, as well as walking tours exploring Boston as architecture and urban design. Staff.
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